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The Office of the Economic Adviser, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
is releasing index numbers of wholesale price in India for the month of June, 2020
(Provisional) and for the month of April, 2020 (Final) in this press release. Provisional figures
of Wholesale Price Index (WPI) are released on 14th of every month (or next working day)
with a time lag of two weeks of the reference month and compiled with data received from
institutional sources and selected manufacturing units across the country. After 10 weeks, the
index is finalized and final figures are released and then frozen thereafter.
INFLATION
The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly WPI, stood at (-1.81%) (provisional) for the
month of June, 2020 (over June, 2019) as compared to 2.02% during the corresponding month
of the previous year.
I. Primary Articles 22.6 137.8 -1.08 136.2 -2.92 139.3 -1.21
II. Fuel & Power 13.2 89.8 -12.65 83.7 -19.83 88.3 -13.60
III. Manufactured 64.2 118.7 0.17 118.1 -0.42 118.6 0.08
Products
WPI Food Index 24.4 147.7 4.38 146.1 2.31 148.6 3.05
The index for this major group increased by (0.42%) to 118.6 (provisional) in June 2020 from
118.1 (provisional) for the month of May, 2020. Out of the 22 NIC two-digit groups of
Manufactured products, 13 groups that have witnessed increasein prices are manufacture of
food products;printing and reproduction of recorded media; wearing apparel; chemicals and
chemical products; pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products; rubber and
plastics products; other non-metallic mineral products; basic metals; fabricated metal
products, except machinery and equipment; electrical equipment; motor vehicles, trailers and
semi-trailers; other transport equipment; other manufacturingin June as compared to May,
2020. Whereas the groups that witnessed decreasein prices were manufacture of beverages;
tobacco products; textiles; leather and related products; wood and of products of wood and
cork; paper and paper products; machinery and equipment and furniturein June as compared
to May, 2020. While the Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products remained
unchanged in June compared to May, 2020.
The figures of WPI for June, 2020 have been compiled at a response rate of around 70 percent.
These provisional figures of WPI will undergorevision as per the final revision policy of WPI.
Next date of press release: 14/08/2020 for the month of July, 2020
All India Wholesale Price Indices and Rates of Inflation (Base Year: 2011-12=100) for
June,2020
Annexure-I
Annexure II
* = Provisional, Mf/o = Manufacture of
Annexure III
* = Provisional, Mf/o = Manufacture of
YB
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